drizzle

Meanings

Plural: drizzles

Noun

very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
Light rain.
Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground.
Water.
A cake onto which icing, honey or syrup has been drizzled in an artistic manner.

Verb

rain lightly
- "When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant"
moisten with fine drops
- "drizzle the meat with melted butter"
To rain lightly.
To shed slowly in minute drops or particles.
To pour slowly and evenly, especially oil or honey in cooking.
To cover by pouring in this manner.
To urinate.
To carry out parfilage, the process of unravelling.

Origin / Etymology

Perhaps a back-formation from dryseling, a dissimilated variant of Middle English drysning (“a falling of dew”), from Old English drysnan (“to extinguish”), related to Old English drēosan (“to fall, to decline”), making it cognate to modern English droze and drowse. Compare also dialectal Swedish drösla.

Synonyms

mizzle, moisten, sprinkle

Scrabble Score: 26

drizzle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
drizzle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
drizzle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 27

drizzle is a valid Words With Friends word